gili trawangan

This is a throwback post from an old travel blog of mine, from the time I went on the typical university graduation rite of passage trip with my cousin: backpacking across Southeast Asia. This story was written after our first night on Gili Trawangan, entailing the time we stumbled upon an Irish bar on the island, and the deep conversation with a scuba instructor that followed... Originally written June 7th, 2013. So after my post last night, we got up and decided to go check out that rooftop hostel bar I ment[...]

This is another story from my old travel blog, aptly titled: Lost in Paradise...also known as "that time we were stranded on Gili Trawangan." Originally written June 8th, 2013. Four hours later and I was sitting in Sukhasana pose, trying to keep my calm in a small, hot shack, trying to figure a way to get back to Bali because we missed our boat due to unforeseen circumstances. Long story short, we didn’t have our passports or any cash, and there were no more boats heading back to Bali for the day. Nobody on[...]